4hw.com.cn: a game actually causes 12-year-old girls to commit suicide? Recently, a death game called "Momo" has swept the world. This game is similar to the previously notorious "blue whale" suicide game. It will suddenly jump out of the screen and provoke you to participate in a challenge. At present, a 12-year-old girl has died and police believe it is related to the game.
What is' Momo '?
The head image used in 'Momo' is the image of a woman with exaggerated facial expression. It is taken from the work of Japanese artist Midori Hayashi, the female bird statue. The work was exhibited in an alternative exhibition at the vanilla Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan in 2016. At that time, 'Momo' was a popular exhibit.
The spread of 'Momo' mainly relies on WhatsApp, through children's online game 'minecraft', and quickly spreads to the world.
Uidi, the police department investigating cybercrime in Mexico, said it started with a Facebook page. A netizen launched a challenge to call a strange number. Many users responded that after sending information to 'Momo', she would send back violent pictures. Others received threatening information, and even personal information was leaked.
A 12-year-old girl committed suicide in Argentina's Ingeniero mashwitz recently, the cause of which was related to the "Momo game", Argentine media reported.
Police are investigating whether she was encouraged to commit suicide and are looking for an 18-year-old boy who was in contact with her before she died.
Police said the girl's cell phone was hacked and she was asked to find videos to upload to social media, which is one of the challenges of "Momo game", and is now tracking the 18-year-old boy who exchanged information with her.
Blue whale game
The blue whale game is a Russian death game. The players are between 10 and 14 years old, and they are totally obedient to the control and threat of the game organizers. The controller of the blue whale game sent challenge instructions and violent pictures to participants through SMS, and finally encouraged teenagers to self harm. 130 Russian teenagers have died of blue whale, and the game is expanding to the world.